Fly-net.



No. 839,603. PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906. W. KOOTZ & W. ERDMANN.

FLY NET.

' APPLIUATION FILED MAR. 26.1902.

H 1 w W %/6 W m c s R x r s P H R R o N 5 R r WILLIAM KOOTZ AND WILLIAMERDMANN, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

FLY-NET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

*Application filedMarch 26,1902. Serial No. 100,011.

To all whom it may concern:

Be'itknown that we, WILLIAM Koo'rz and WVILLIAM ERDMANN, *residing atMilwaukee,

in the county of Milwaukee and State of i/Visconsin, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Fly-Nets, of which the following is adescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which area part of this specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in fly-nets.

Heretofore in'the construction of fly-nets the transverse cords orlashes have been secured to the longitudinal bars in various waysas, forinstance, where the longitudinal bars are made of leather it has beencustomary to punch holes therethrough and then pass the transverse cordsor lashes through the holes so punched or, again, the longitudinal barshave been made of woven strands with the transverse cords or lasheswoven therein. The first form of construction is objectionable onaccount of expen siveness occasioned by reason of the labor necessary tobe expended in punching the holes. The second-referred-to form whereinthe weaving is employed is objectionable on account of the constructionnot possessing the requisite wearing capacity and strength.

It is therefore one of the important objects of the present invention toprovide a form of construction embodying improved means for securing thetransverse cords or lashes to the longitudinal bars, the said improvedmeans being of such character that the abovenoted objections areentirely eliminated, and at the same time a simple, more durable, andattractive form of net is produced.

A further object resides in forming the longitudinal bars from acontinuous or uninterrupted length of material, whereby convenience inconstruction and additional strength are subserved.

With the above primary and other incidental objects in view theinvention consists of the'devices and parts or their equivalents, ashereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a net embodyingour improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan view, on an enlarged scale, of afragment of the forward portion of the net, showing a fragment ofone ofthe outer longer longitudinal bars with the lashes extending therefromand also showing a fragment of the transverse neck-barl 1. Fig. 3 is asection on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail fragmentary view of a modified form ofconstruction, and Fig. 6 is a detail fragmentary view of anothermodified form.

Referring to the drawings, the numerals 6 indicate the longitudinal barsof the net, which are preferably constructed from a single length ofrope or cord and each barpreferably consisting of two strands, as'clearly shown in the drawings. Under this arrangement it will be seenthat the continuous length starts, say, at the'point 7. It is thenextended forwardly to the extreme forward end of'the net, where it isformed into a loop for the retention of the usual snap-hook 8, thencecontinued to the rear of the netparallel and adjacent to thefirst-referred-to strand, the said two strands forming one longitudinalbar, thence carried transversely at the rear of the net ashort'distance, and is then continued back and forthin thesame manner toform the intermediate shorter longitudinal bars and also 'finallytoformthe other outer longitudinal bar. This latter bar at its forwardendis formed into a loop to receive a ring 9, with which the snap-hook 8is adapted to engage when the net is adjusted to the animal. Thecontinuous length of material has its terminusat the point 10. Theforward ends of the intermediate shorter longitudinal bars are providedwith loops-through which a transverse neck-bar 11 passes, the oppositeends of said neck-bar being connected to the outerlongitudinal bars, asmost clearly shown in Fig.2.

While, as stated, we prefer to fornrthelongitudinal bars in the mannerset forth'i.'e., from a single continuous lengthyet we do not wish to beunderstood as restricting ourselves to that particular arrangement,inasmuch as, if desired, each longitudinal bar may be separate from theother. We also do not Wish to be understood aslimiting ourselves to eachlongitudinal bar being composed of two strands, inasmuchas threeorsuitable distances apart, the clips forming even more strands may beemployed, if thought desirable. These longitudinal bars are in the formof a rope of any desirable material.

In the Figs. 1 to 4 form of construction the plurality of lengthsconstituting each longitudinal bar are secured together by means of wireclips 12, bent around the strands at spaces 13 therebetween. Throughthese spaces the transverse cords or lashes 14 are passed and knotted,the peculiar knot being formed by first passing the cord or lash overthe two strands, thence beneath and upwardly through the space, thencelooped in the direction of the length of the longitudinal bar and overthe portion of the cord across the two strands, so that said portion ofthe cord is through the loop, thence downwardly through the space andaround one of the strands, and finally through the loop. It will be seenthat from the arrangement described the transverse cords or lashes aresecurely held to the longitudinal barsat certain positions apart and, ifdesired, at equal distances apart and that even should the knots becomeloose and the cords slip on the longitudinal bars they are preventedfrom bunching together by reason of the employment of the clips, whichpermit only a limited slippage longitudinally of the cords on the bars.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings we show a modified form of construction,wherein the clips 12 are dispensed with altogether and the transversecords or lashes are woven in the space between the two strands of eachlongitudinal bar, and at the ends of each separate weave the transversecord is knotted, as indicated by the numerals 15 15, the space betweeneach set of knots corresponding to each space 13 of the first-describedform of construction, said knots performing a similar function to theclips 12'i. (2., serving to form end closures to each space 13, andthereby preventing longitudinal slippage of the transverse cords on thelongitudinal bars. It will therefore be seen that we do notlimitourselves to the employment of the clips 12, but that our inventioncontemplates the forming of each longitudinal bar of the net of aplurality of strands secured together at certain points throughout theirlengths ,the transverse cords or lashes being secured in the spacesbetween the strands by being knotted or woven or by any other desirablemeans whereby slippage of the cords through the recesses in directiontransverse of the longitudinal bars is prevented and only a limitedslippage of the transverse cords longitudinally of thelongitudinal barsis possible.

Fig. 6 illustrates a further modified form,

wherein the clips 12 are dispensed with and wherein the transverse cordsor lashes are also woven in the space between the two strands of eachlongitudinal bar, and at the ends of each separate weave the transversecord is knotted. It will be observed, how' ever, that in this modifiedform the weave of the cords or lashes is such that loops 16 areprovided, and which loops project between the two strands of eachlongitudinal bar, and the portions of the lashes which project aroundthe strands of the longitudinal bars project through these loops. Theterminal knots 17 are formed by passing the end of one cord or lashthrough the terminal loop and the end of the adjacent cord or lashthrough said loop and then drawing them tight and continuing said endsin opposite directions to the next longitudinal bars of the net.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that we provide a form offly-net which is simple in construction, can be cheaply made, and isornate in appearance, as the Iongitudinal bars and transverse cords areof suchmaterial that they can be readily coloredsay, for instance, thelongitudinal bars may be of a red color and the transverse cords of ablue color. The net, furthermore, possesses the advantage of beingstrong and enduring, the feature of uniting the strands of thelongitudinal bars tending greatly toward securing strength and wearingqualities.

Another important feature of our invention resides in the provision of asingle continuous length of material to form the longitudinal bars, andin connection with this feature we desire to state that while in thedrawings we show the same as carried out in a net wherein eachlongitudinal bar is composed of two strands, yet we do not wish to limitourselves thereto, inasmuch as said feature can be readily carried outin a structure employing but one strand or more than two strands foreach longitudinal bar.

What We claim as our invention is 1. As a new article of manufacture, aflynet comprising a single length of material folded upon itself at eachend to produce longer side bars and with its intermediate portion bentupon itself successively to produce shorter intermediate bars, barshaving the parts uniting them at the rear end of the fly-net, and spacedcords eX- tending transversely across the bars and secured thereto bypassing between the folds of the bars.

I 2. As a new article of manufacture, a flynet comprising a singlelength of material folded upon itself at each end to produce longer sidebars and with its intermediate portion bent upon itself successively toproduce shorter intermediate bars, the several bars having the partsuniting them at the rear end of the fly-net, spaced cords extendtheseveral ing transversely across the bars and secured In testimonywhereof We afiix our signathereto by pasfsing betnlreen the foldshof thetures in presence of two Witnesses.

'bars, a strip 0 materia connecting t e two side bars and united withthe front ends of l the intermediate bars and constituting a neck-bar,and fastening means secured in the l Vitnesses:

loops formed at the ends of the side bars by l A. L. MoRsELL,

the folds thereof. 1 ANNA V. FAUsT.

